Sports Briefs May 8, 2012
Football
The Seattle Seahawks have come to terms on a multi-year deal with first-round pick Bruce Irvin, a defensive end taken 15th overall in last month's draft to help fill Seattle's need for a speed pass rusher to come off the edge.
The team also came to terms with the other seven members of its 2012 draft class, an unusual move given that a team's draft picks are usually signed over time in the weeks following the draft.
The terms of the deals announced Monday were not released.
Selecting Irvin so high was considered a reach by some. He had been considered a likely second-day pick. But he became the centerpiece of a draft focused on defense, with most of Seattle's selections landing on that side of the ball.
The 6-foot-3, 245-pound Irvin played two seasons at West Virginia, where he had 14 sacks as a junior, and 8 1/2 sacks in his final season.
Other selections included QB Russell Wilson, a star at Wisconsin taken in the third round, and Utah State linebacker Bobby Wagner, the Seahawks' second-round pick.
Basketball
Gonzaga has signed Przemek Karnowski, a 7-foot-1, 280-pound center from Poland.
Coach Mark Few said he will join the team this fall.
Karnowksi has played on the Polish Junior National team and is a veteran of several European championship tournaments.
Gonzaga graduated 7-foot center Robert Sacre after the past season.
• Doctors said Baron Davis tore the anterior cruciate and medial collateral ligaments in his right knee, a potentially career-threatening injury for the Knicks' 33-year-old point guard.
The Knicks said Davis will have surgery this week and is expected to be out a year after an MRI also revealed a partial tear of the patella tendon.
Davis was hurt Sunday in the Knicks' 89-87 victory over Miami, crumbling to the court when his knee gave out as he dribbled upcourt on a fast break in the third quarter. Teammates quickly waved for help, and some players looked away as replays of the gruesome injury were shown on the overhead video board.
• Richard Pitino's contract with Florida International lasts for six years, one more than the sides originally agreed to when he took over as men's basketball coach last month.
Pitino's contract was "amended and restated" on April 24, about a week after the Panthers hired him to replace Isiah Thomas. Pitino's base salary of $250,000 annually remains unchanged.
Baseball
San Francisco Giants reliever Guillermo Mota was suspended for 100 games, becoming just the third major league player penalized twice for positive drug tests.
The commissioner's office said the 38-year-old right-hander tested positive for Clenbuterol. In November 2006, while with the New York Mets, Mota was suspended for the first 50 games of the next season.
Hockey
The United States lost to Slovakia 4-2 in Helsinki for its first loss at hockey's world championships after opening with two victories.
Justin Faulk of the Carolina Hurricanes and Colorado Avalanche forward Paul Stastny had goals for the U.S.
Auto racing
NASCAR driver Eric McClure has been released from an Alabama hospital, two days after he was injured in a crash at Talladega Superspeedway.
His team said that McClure suffered a concussion and internal bruising in the accident.
- The Associated Press